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Proceedings of the Minnesota Conference,
Thirty-sixth Annual Session,
June 1 - 4, 189%.
Tie first meeting convened at 9 A. MM. June
1, and opened with singing, and prayer by Bro.
Mead. The roll of churches was called,
egates Look their seats, to the number of
resenting 28 churches. The President gave a
brief statement in regard to the work of the past
and the present condition of the work in
and del-
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year,
the Conference.
invited to participate in the deliberations of the
Requests for membership in the
Visiting brethren present were
Conference.
Conference. were read by the secretary, from the
churches of Osakis, with 22 members; Eagle
Bend with 14 member; Pipestone, with 13 mem-
bers; Bluffton, with 10 members; and Duluth
Scandinavian with 12 members, and they were
all accepted as members. The Stowe Prairie
church requested that its name be changed to
IIewitt, and the Jadis church requested to be
known as the Roseau church, which requests
were granted.
The chair announced the committees tor e\
session, as follows: On nominations, John Em-
merson, Andrew Mead, C. H. Parker; on res-
olutions, M. H. Ellis, C. L. Emmerson, N. A.
‘Kauble; on credentials and licenses, C. M.
Everest, Fred Johnson, Andrew Mead; audit-
ing committee; John Emmerson, I‘red Norton
J. F. Anderson, Rudolph Nelson, John Clark,
IL. 11. Camp.
‘The Secretary presented the following brief
report. #
TO CONFERENCE.
In submitting a briet report of the work as
connected with my office, will say, that from
THE MINNESOTA
the reports made to me during the year, it ap-
pears that there have been added to the churches,
by letter 59; by vote, 63; by baptism 70: Total
additions 192. Dismissed by letter, 102; hy
death, 18; distellowshipped, 34; Total 154. The
number of churches in the conference is It
is impossible to give the exact membership, .for
the reason that the clerks of some of the churches
do not report regularly, and some do not report
at all. During the vear, 30 clerks have reported
every quarter; 21 have reported 3 quarters; 6
have reported two quarters; 4 one quarter, and 6
not at all. From the latest returns on hand,
the total membership is 2,465. "The treasurers
have done much better at reporting than the
clerks. Of the 75 in all, 46 have reported every
quarter; 15 have reported three quarters; 5 for
two quarters; 3 for one quarter, and six not at
all.
ber who have paid tithe during the year is 1,233,
being just half of the total membership of the
Conference. A few send in tithe to the Confer-
ence treasurer, that are not reported to me. The
report of the treasurer will show the amount of
tithe paid. The churches that have not reported
at all, are Byron, Gordon, Faribault, Irving,
New Auburn, and Swanville. Of these, Byron
and New Auburn have good comfortable houses
of worship, and there are some members left,
who, if they could have the proper encourage-
ment by some judicious, well-directed labor, in
the vicinity, might be a nucleus for a church
which would hold up the light of the message to
At Faribault there are a few
pay their tithe regularly, and who also might be
helped by some judicious labor. I have not heen
able to get any returns from Irving, Gordon, and
Swanville, and 1 think that they may be counted
75.
According to these reports, the whole num-
the world. who